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Acting in concert, birds start attacking people for no apparent reason.
I don't think Rusty Maximus has a character flaw as conventionally defined these days. I bring up "Gladiator" because I recently read a piece by a scripting guru who whacked and slashed at the character of Maximus in order to cram him into the Procrustean bed of his paradigm of the character flaw. ARead more
I don’t think Rusty Maximus has a character flaw as conventionally defined these days.
I bring up “Gladiator” because I recently read a piece by a scripting guru who whacked and slashed at the character of Maximus in order to cram him into the Procrustean bed of his paradigm of the character flaw. An amazing, amusing performance, but I was not persuaded.
See lessOn the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
kbfilmworks: One angle of the concept that appeals to me is the ironic polarity: The enforcer: a man with noble virtues in service of an unrighteous cause (the Boss). Versus the drifter: a man with no noble virtues (initially) in service of a righteous cause (defending the innocent).
kbfilmworks:
One angle of the concept that appeals to me is the ironic polarity: The enforcer: a man with noble virtues in service of an unrighteous cause (the Boss). Versus the drifter: a man with no noble virtues (initially) in service of a righteous cause (defending the innocent).
See lessOn the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
I like the idea of eliminating the money from the logline. It simplifies the story concept. How about: A fearsome street enforcer pledges to kill himself if he fails to kill a penniless drifter who seeks personal redemption by defending innocent people from the enforcer's boss. 28 words versus 36 foRead more
I like the idea of eliminating the money from the logline. It simplifies the story concept.
How about:
A fearsome street enforcer pledges to kill himself if he fails to kill a penniless drifter who seeks personal redemption by defending innocent people from the enforcer’s boss.
28 words versus 36 for the revised logline. And it gives the drifter a motive for wanting to defend innocent people. (What is his dog in the fight?) Thus, a two-fer to invoke sympathy and rooting interest.
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